Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE
Quezon City
CARLOS L. ALBERT HIGH SCHOOL
Brixton Hill, Brgy. Santol Quezon City

READING AND WRITING SKILLS

Long Test
General Instructions:
1. Read each question carefully and shade the circle that corresponds to your answer.
2. Please do not write anything on this questionnaire.
Test I: Paragraph Development. Identify the kind of paragraph used in the following selection.
1. Hi-tech computerization and state-of-the art communication systems have created the latest trend
in managing white collar employees and business offices. Both technologies have succeeded in
dismantling a lot of age-old practices and institutions. They have transformed this era into an age of
contradictions and constrictions, disposables, generic, desk, and the new nomadic life of white collar
worker.
a. Definition c. Comparison and Contrast
b. Cause and Effect d. Classification and Exemplification
2. Overpopulation is one of the causes of a big social problem that megacities all over the world face
today: housing. Government officials however have not been sleeping on their jobs. Socialized
housing low-cost housing, high -rise tenement housing, one-child policy, tax exemption limitations
family planning, etc.- all of these have been resorted to in order to curb population growth.
a. Definition c. Comparison and Contrast
b. Cause and Effect d. Classification and Exemplification
3. Coherence is rhetorical quality by which all parts of the sentence or a paragraph are clearly and
smoothly joined to each other. It is the quality which literally makes a sentence or a composition
fluent one in which the thought not only moves but flows.
a. Definition c. Comparison and Contrast
b. Cause and Effect d. Classification and Exemplification
4. The sea has many voices. Listen to the surf, really lend it to your ears and you’ll hear in it a world of
sounds: hollow blooming and heavy roaring, great watery tumbling’s, long hissing sounds, sharp
ripping shots, splashes, lingering whispers, and grinding undertones of stones.
a. Description c. Classification and Exemplification
b. Comparison and Contrast d. Cause and Effect
5. China’s one-child policy, introduced in the 1980’s, has been criticized by religious and human rights
group: now, years after, dinkiedom has even given it a boost. The critics have valid reasons to be
quite disturbed: the one -child policy has resulted to evidence of forced abortions ( one of four
married women have at least one pregnancy terminated ); it is eroding traditional ancestral belief
that the continuation of the bloodline is a paramount responsibility; it is alien to most people in the
society and it is possible that the next generation would be “ inferior “ if the increasing number of
highly-educated couple choose to be childless, leaving the procreation function to less educated or
the uneducated.
a. Description c. Comparison and Contrast
b. Classification and Exemplification d. Cause and Effect
6. In Ghana, bikes are in high demand. Few people have enough money to afford a car. So bikes are
used to transport most of the country's food and material goods.
a. Description c. Persuasion
b. Problem-Solution d. Cause and Effect
7. Receiving an online education is becoming more and more popular due to a multitude of advantages
it has over traditional instruction. These advantages include, to name a few: students can learn
whatever they want, it is more comfortable, online courses often look great on resumes, the pacing
of learning is managed by the pupil, and the cost is often lower than traditional education. With
these reasons, it is hard to not see why this form of education is on the rise.
a. Description c. Narration
b. Persuasion d. Problem-Solution
8. One day Tommy was walking home from school. He saw a man coming out of a shop. The man was
carrying a lot of things. He was walking toward his car. Suddenly something fell from his pocket.
Tommy saw it, but the man did not.
a. Narration c. Description
b. Problem-Solution d. Persuasion
9. "The idiosyncrasy of this town is smoke. It rolls sullenly in slow folds from the great chimneys of the
iron-foundries, and settles down in black, slimy pools on the muddy streets. Smoke on the wharves,
smoke on the dingy boats, on the yellow river--clinging in a coating of greasy soot to the house-
front, the two faded poplars, the faces of the passers-by."
a. Narration c. Description
b. Problem-Solution d. Persuasion
10. Apples and oranges are both fruits, which means that they have seeds inside of them. Each has a
skin, but orange skins are thick and easy to peel. Apple skins are thinner and do not peel easily.
Oranges also contain more acid than apples, but both fruits are delicious.
a. Description c. Cause and Effect
b. Narration d. Comparison and Contrast

Test II: Text: A Connected Discourse and Techniques in Organizing and Selecting text.
11. It is a cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning from a text. It is always an
interaction between the text and the reader.
a. Reading c. Writing
b. Listening d. Speaking
12. It is made up of sentences having the property of grammatical cohesion.
a. Text c. Morpheme
b. Discourse d. Coherence
13. It is made up of utterances having the property of coherence.
a. Text c. Morpheme
b. Discourse d. Coherence
14. It helps familiarize you with the content of the selection and focus on the important information in
the text.
a. Scanning c. Previewing
b. Skimming d. Flashback
15. The text means you look the main point of the reading and identify the ideas that develop it.
a. Scanning c. Previewing
b. Skimming d. Flashback
16. This strategy involves physically moving your eyes quickly along the lines of the text.
a. Scanning c. Previewing
b. Skimming d. Flashback
17. It is the study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same
language.
a. Discourse c. Text
b. Morpheme d. Morphology
18. The smallest grammatical unit in a language.
a. Discourse c. Text
b. Morpheme d. Morphology
19. “House, cat , dog” are ___________
a. Bound morpheme c. Sight morpheme
b. Free morpheme d. joint morpheme
20. A word element attached to a root word to give it another meaning.
a. Bound morpheme c. Sight morpheme
b. Free morpheme d. joint morpheme
21. A morpheme that comes before a root word.
a. Suffix c. Prefix
b. Inflectional suffix d. Derivation suffix
22. It modifies the grammatical class of the words by signaling a change in number, tense, degrees of
comparison and so on.
a. Suffix c. Prefix
b. Inflectional suffix d. Derivation suffix
23. A morpheme that comes after the root word.
a. Suffix c. Prefix
b. Inflectional suffix d. Derivation suffix
24. It modifies either part of speech or the actual meaning of the word.
a. Suffix c. Prefix
b. Inflectional suffix d. Derivation suffix
25. These are the words, phrases and sentences that surround an unfamiliar word and help you
recognize the meaning of unknown word.
a. Phrasal clue c. Context clues
b. Synonyms d. Antonyms
26. Its is the most popular tool in generating creative and rich ideas.
a. Outline c. Brainstorming
b. Graphic organizer d. Concept mapping
27. It involves writing the main topic and listing down the related ideas.
a. Concept mapping c. Idea mapping
b. Idea list d. Concept list
28. It shows how one idea subordinates another idea.
a. Concept mapping c. Idea mapping
b. Idea list d. Concept list
29. These are visual representations of concepts that help us structure information into organizational
pattern.
a. Concept mapping c. Idea mapping
b. Idea list d. Graphic Organizer
30. This type of graphic representation is used to compare and contrast the ideas and events.
a. Venn diagram c. Concept map
b. Network Tree d. Spider map
31. It is used to represent hierarchy, classifications and branches.
a. Venn diagram c. Concept map
b. Network Tree d. Spider map
32. It is used to investigate and enumerate various aspect of central ideas, which could be a concept
topic or theme.
a. Venn diagram c. Problem-Solution map
b. Network Tree d. Spider map
33. It displays the nature of problem and how it can be solved.
a. Venn diagram c. Problem-Solution map
b. Network Tree d. Spider map
34. This graphical representation shows the events occurred chronologically through a long bar labeled
with dates and specific events. It could be linear or comparative.
a. Venn diagram c. Problem-Solution map
b. Timeline d. Spider map
35. It is used to map events in the story and used to analyzed that major parts of plot.
a. Timeline c. Problem-Solution map
b. Plot diagram d. Spider map
36. This graphical representation used to understand the causals relationship of complex phenomenon.
a. Timeline c. Fishbone map
b. Plot diagram d. Problem-Solution map
37. It is considered as plan for writing; a summary that gives the essential feature of a text.
a. Graphic organizer c. Outline
b. Brainstorming d. Summary
38. This format uses both letters and numbers as labels.
a. Decimal Outline c. Letter outline
b. Alphanumeric outline d. Number Outline
39. This principle requires ideas of the same relevance to be labeled in the same way.
a. Division c. Subordination
b. Coordination d. Parallel Construction
40. This type of outline uses complete sentences as its entries. It is also known as expanded outline.
a. Parallel outline c. Expanded sentence
b. Decimal Outline d. Sentence outline
Test III: Find Error: Identify the word/s that make a sentence incorrect.

41. Aspirin is recommend to many people for its ability to thin the blood.
a. b. c. d.
42. To adequately discuss literacy in United States, one must looks at the common attributes and beliefs
a b c
about language diversity.
d
43. Whereas Earth has one moon, the planet call Mars has two small ones.
a. b. c d
44. Cosmic distance is measured on light-years.
a b c d
45. Each year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosts its spectacular academy
a b c
awards presentments.
d

Test IV: Context clues.

46. Projectiles include those items that are shot forward such as a cannon shell, bullet, or rocket.
Using the example clue, the word projectiles in this sentence means
a. things put down
b. things shot forward
c. things hurt
d. things broken
47. The professor was a favorite among the students at the college. His sagacity was helpful to them as
they pursued their degrees. The professor was known to use his experience, insight, and common
sense to help students pursue their education. Using the example clue, the word sagacity in this
sentence means
a. Silliness
b. Thoughtlessness
c. Wisdom
d. Negligence
48. Famous conquistadors include Cortes, who conquered Aztec Mexico and Pizarro, who conquered
Inca Peru. Using the example clue, the word conquistadors in this sentence means
a. Geographer
b. Losers
c. Victims
d. Conquerors
49. A sleuth, such as Sherlock Holmes, can be very helpful in solving crimes. Using the example clue, the
word sleuth in this sentence means
a. Senior citizen
b. Man
c. Pilot
d. Detective
50. Zack was a good at many sports. He excelled in swimming, running, horsemanship, fencing, and
target shooting. He decided to compete in the pentathlon rather than having to choose one of the
events. Using the example clue, the word pentathlon in this sentence means
a. Competition with two events
b. Competition with eight events
c. Competition with ten events
d. Competition with five events.